how to kick ass in the subscription economy

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I presented this slides during the 2nd Edition of Lean Startup Machine in São Paulo on Feb 2013. This was a great event and I'm really grateful for the opportunity.

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How to kick ass in the The Subscription Economy. Lean Startup Machine, São Paulo - 2013

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Subscription Economy

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Disclaimer.

I’m not an accountant or aspiring CFO/Controller!

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Subscription Economy

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Academia

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Offer Something in X amount + time + value + recurring payment.

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MASSIVEGROWTH

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4 Main Reasons Behind Why You Sign for a Subscription

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Convenience.

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Allows you to focus.Core Services.

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Discovery & Curation.

Early Adoption.

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Status.

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BTW, you should offer all of them in some capacity.

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6 Essential Metrics for Your Subscription Business

•MRR•CHURN•ARR•CAC•ACS•CLTV Chaotic Flow by Joel York

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A two year subscription contract with a total contract value (TCV) of $24K

ARR = $12K per year = $24K / 2 Years

MRR = $1,000 per month

Example

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MRR.Monthly Recurring Revenue

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CHURN

% rate of customers that cancel over a period of time.

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Churn Rate= Customer Lifetime

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12%= ^ (Sua Startup) 83.3

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Tempo é Fundamental para calcular o Chrun.

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• Calculate out on an uniform population

• Measure the right interval for the customer

• Separate MRR Growth from Churn Growth

• Business Systems are a must to scale

• Exclude New Customers

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ARRAverage Recurring Revenue

Total Revenue for a Period of Time

Number of Customers for the Time= ARR

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Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)

CAC = marketing & sales expensesX of New Customers

Cumulative ARR x CAC

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Average Cost of Service (ACS)

ACS = Recurring Expenses with Cost of Revenue All Customers that cost you something

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Customer Life Time Value - CLTV

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2 Important Rules of Thumb

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You must grow it!

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MASSIVEGROWTH

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100,000+ Enterprise and SMB customers Sending 8 billion emails per month

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How are we doing it?

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Company Snapshot!

•  Founded July 2009

•  TechStars graduate (Boulder, CO)

•  120 employees: –  HQ: Boulder, CO –  Eng: Anaheim, CA, Romania

$27M venture capital raised

Angel investors include: •  Scott Petry (Founder, Postini) •  Matt Mullenweg (Founder, Wordpress)

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We eat our own dog food.

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Our Own Backend Tools+

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Thanks!

Pedro Sorrentino@pedrosorrenpedro@sendgrid.comBusiness Development & Latam

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